Electric Guitars · Models

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Fender David Gilmore Signature Stratocaster

Electric guitar · United States

A signature Stratocaster modeled on the legendary "Black Strat" played by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, finished in black with a black pickguard. It reproduces details from his instrument, including noiseless pickups, a shortened tremolo arm, and a custom switching option for added tonal range.

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Strat Plus

Electric guitar · United States

A premium Stratocaster series Fender offered from 1987 to 1998, fitted with noise-canceling Lace Sensor pickups, locking tuners, and a roller nut to improve tuning stability. It was a flagship of Fender's late-eighties modernization.

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Shüe New Classic S

Malaysia

The New Classic S is a flagship Shüe Guitars electric, hand-built to order in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by the boutique shop founded in 2018 by Ray Akira. Like much of the range it makes innovative use of lightweight local Malaysian jelutong wood.

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James Tyler Studio Elite HD

Electric guitar

The Studio Elite HD is one of James Tyler Guitars' most popular models, an S-style solid-body electric guitar built in the USA. It features a solid alder body (with swamp ash or mahogany options), a quartersawn maple neck, a slanted SSH pickup configuration of Tyler single coils and humbucker with a midboost preamp, and a two-post tremolo bridge.

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Paoletti Stratospheric

Italy

The Stratospheric is Paoletti's S-style electric guitar, built in Tuscany, Italy, around a body of aged chestnut reclaimed from 130-170 year old Chianti wine barrels. Offered in SSS and HSS pickup configurations and finishes such as the Loft and Leather series, it pairs vintage Strat-style voicing with the distinctive resonance of old chestnut.

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Suhr Classic S

Electric guitar · United States

The Suhr Classic S is an S-style solid-body electric guitar built by Suhr in Lake Elsinore, California. It combines an alder body and a bolt-on tinted maple neck with Suhr V60LP single-coil pickups and a two-post vintage-style tremolo, and is offered in both SSS and HSS pickup configurations, the latter adding an SSV bridge humbucker.

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Nash S-63

Electric guitar · United States

The Nash S-63 is an S-style solid-body electric guitar built by Nash Guitars with aged, relic nitrocellulose finishes. It pairs a standard alder body and rosewood-fingerboard neck with three single-coil pickups and a vintage-style tremolo, paying homage to the early-1960s S-body design while updating playability and sound.

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Anderson Drop Top

Electric guitar · United States

The Drop Top is Tom Anderson Guitarworks' signature S-style electric guitar, introduced in 1990. It features a book-matched exotic tonewood top (flame or quilted maple, walnut, or koa) 'dropped' over a tonewood back of alder, mahogany, swamp ash, or basswood to create a contoured forearm bevel, paired with a bolt-on Anderson neck.

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Fender Eric Johnson Signature Stratocaster

Electric guitar · United States

A signature Stratocaster developed with guitarist Eric Johnson, built to vintage sensibilities with a thin nitrocellulose finish, a quartersawn maple neck, special-wound single-coils, and countersunk tremolo springs. Detail touches such as a single string tree and a 12-degree neck-pocket fit reflect Johnson's preference for clear, dynamic tone.

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Eric Clapton Stratocaster

Electric guitar · United States

Fender's first artist signature model, introduced in 1988 and shaped around the feel of Eric Clapton's favorite Stratocasters. It pairs a soft V-shaped maple neck with noiseless single-coil pickups and an active mid-boost circuit, and the vibrato is typically blocked for a fixed-bridge response. Offered in finishes such as Torino Red, Olympic White, and Pewter, it remains one of Fender's longest-running signature guitars.

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Fender Stratocaster American Standard

Electric guitar · United States

The U.S. production-standard Stratocaster offered from 1987 to 2016, updating the classic with a 22-fret neck, a two-point synchronized tremolo, and modernized hardware. For nearly three decades it was the benchmark American-made Strat.

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Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster

Electric guitar

A signature Stratocaster for neoclassical metal guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, defined by a scalloped fingerboard, a brass nut, and a large 1970s-style headstock. Its specification supports the rapid, fluid lead playing central to his style.

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Jimmie Vaughan Tex-Mex Stratocaster

Electric guitar · Mexico

A Mexican-built signature Stratocaster developed with blues guitarist Jimmie Vaughan, featuring a special neck profile and a set of hotter Tex-Mex single-coil pickups. It is wired for vintage-style response and aimed at expressive blues and roots playing.

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Stevie Ray Vaughan Stratocaster

Electric guitar · United States

A signature Stratocaster modeled on Stevie Ray Vaughan's famous "Number One," featuring a left-handed vibrato unit mounted on a right-handed body, gold hardware, a pao ferro fingerboard, and the engraved "SRV" pickguard. It is built to capture the thick, expressive blues tone he was known for.

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James Tyler Classic

Electric guitar

The Classic is a James Tyler Guitars S-style solid-body electric guitar with vintage-leaning appointments. It features a solid alder body (with optional swamp ash or mahogany), a quartersawn maple neck, an SSS configuration of Tyler true single-coil pickups, and a two-post tremolo bridge, with extensive custom hardware and finish options.

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Pensa MK2

United States

The MK2 is a Pensa Custom Guitars electric built in New York City, using a mahogany body with a carved quilted-maple top and a Gibson-scale maple neck with rosewood fingerboard. The MK2 Classic carries three single-coil pickups with a studs bridge and stop tailpiece.

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PJD Woodford

United Kingdom

The Woodford is a core PJD Guitars model, a versatile S-type electric hand-built in York, England. It offers classic single-coil-style voicing in PJD's Standard, Elite and Limited tiers.

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LSL Saticoy

The Saticoy is LsL Instruments' S-style electric, offered in 22- and 24-fret versions with a three-pickup layout and LsL's custom wiring where the lower tone control affects only the bridge pickup. It is hand-built in Santa Clarita and fully customizable.

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C.R. Alsip Tejas

The Tejas is C.R. Alsip Guitars' take on the classic S-style electric, hand-built in Georgia by Jake Willoughby. It reflects the shop's boutique approach with carefully selected woods and a setup philosophy that emphasizes very low action.

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PRS SE Silver Sky

Electric guitar · Indonesia

The import-built version of the John Mayer Silver Sky, introduced in 2022. It keeps the Silver Sky's bolt-on maple neck, 25.5-inch scale, three single-coil 635JM 'S' pickups, and reverse PRS headstock, but uses a poplar body to reach a lower price while retaining the original's playing feel and single-coil voice.

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Friedman Vintage-S

United States

The Friedman Vintage-S is a double-cutaway, S-style solidbody electric guitar built in the USA by Dave Friedman with luthier Grover Jackson. It pairs an alder body and a bolt-on maple neck with an HSS pickup set: a Friedman Classic+ humbucker at the bridge plus reverse-wound middle and neck single-coils that give hum-cancelling in-between positions, all routed through a two-point vibrato bridge. A 10-to-14-inch compound-radius maple fingerboard, 22 frets, and thin aged nitrocellulose lacquer round out the specification.

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PRS Silver Sky

Electric guitar · United States

Designed with John Mayer and released in 2018, the Silver Sky is PRS's vintage-inspired, Stratocaster-influenced bolt-on model. It pairs an alder body and bolt-on maple neck with three 635JM single-coil pickups, a 25.5-inch scale, a 2-point steel tremolo, and a reverse PRS headstock, delivering classic single-coil tones with PRS fit and finish.

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G&L Legacy

Electric guitar

Leo Fender's refinement of the classic double-cutaway bolt-on guitar, the Legacy is G&L's Stratocaster-style model. It carries three single-coil pickups, the G&L PTB (passive treble and bass) tone circuit, and the Leo Fender-designed Dual-Fulcrum vibrato, offering familiar S-style tones with G&L's own hardware and voicing.

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Music Man Cutlass

Electric guitar · United States

Ernie Ball Music Man's take on the classic double-cutaway bolt-on, the Cutlass pairs a lightweight alder body with three mid-60s-style Music Man single-coil pickups in an SSS layout, an asymmetric roasted-maple neck, and a smooth modern tremolo. It offers familiar vintage single-coil tones with Music Man playability.

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G&L Comanche

Electric guitar

A double-cutaway bolt-on guitar built around G&L's distinctive Z-Coil pickups: split, hum-cancelling Magnetic Field Design units designed by Leo Fender that emphasize bass on the low strings and treble on the high strings. The Comanche pairs three Z-Coils with a 5-way switch and expander toggle, the PTB tone circuit, and a Dual-Fulcrum vibrato.

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G&L S-500

Electric guitar

Debuting in 1982 as Leo Fender's evolution of the double-cutaway bolt-on guitar, the S-500 carries three Magnetic Field Design single-coil pickups in an SSS layout for a bright, punchy voice with strong midrange focus. It features the PTB tone circuit and the Leo Fender-designed Dual-Fulcrum vibrato.